# Tephrosara

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***Tephrosara*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [moths](/source/Moth) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Tineidae](/source/Tineidae).[2] It contains only one species, ***Tephrosara cimmeria***, which is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand).[1][3]

## Description of species

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is 14–15 mm. The forewings are elongate and rather dark grey. The tips of the scales are whitish and there are two ochreous-brown longitudinal lines. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

## References

1. ["Tephrosara cimmeria (Meyrick, 1914)"](http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/bd243bda-f135-4ad2-9848-4977400dbbe4). *www.nzor.org.nz*. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

1. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). ["Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190722101744/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf). *Fauna of New Zealand*. **14**: 65. Archived from [the original](https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

1. Wikidata item [Q45922947](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45922947)

1. Meyrick, E. (1914). ["Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera."](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3296983). *Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute*. **46**: 101–118. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

## External links

- [Image of type specimen of *Tephrosara cimmeria*.](https://web.archive.org/web/20100518210417/http://landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/lepidoptera/cgi-bin/bug.pl?1526106?19260.0000)

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